Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

Dudi Appleton (screenplay)
Mark Billingham (novel)
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Release Date:

10 October 2010 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | British | Locked In Syndrome | Based On Book

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Campbell Moore	...	Jeremy Bishop
Joshua Close	...	Josh Ramsey
Emmanuella Cole	...	Angel
O.T. Fagbenle	...	Dave Holland
Daniel Fearn	...	Drunk Guy
Jamie Fillery	...	Night club customer
Jensen Freeman	...	Forensic Officer (as Jon Adam Freeman)
Rufin French	...	African carwasher (as Merry Fotso)
Aidan Gillen	...	Phil Hendricks
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	Tattoo'ed punter in shop
James Helder	...	Hospital Staff
Sara Lloyd-Gregory	...	Alison Willetts
Aisling Loftus	...	Rachel
Lily Loveless	...	Chloe
Sarah Lowe	...	Bare Legged Girl
Johnny Lynch	...	Great Eastern Hospital Security
Eddie Marsan	...	Kevin Tughan
Natascha McElhone	...	Anne Coburn
Georgia Moffett	...	Sophie Holland
David Morrissey	...	Tom Thorne
Sarah Niles	...	Maggie Byrne
Nansi Nsue	...	Alice's friend
Colin Osborne Jr.	...	Removal Man
Sue Parker-Nutley	...	Patient in Hospital
Billy Reid	...	Security Guy
Brian Shaw	...	Night Club Drinker
John Warman	...	Police Officer
Elisha Willett	...	Hooker
Chris Wilson	...	Ambulance Paramedic
Stuart Antony	...	Main Goth (uncredited)
Michael Aston	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Matthew David McCarthy	...	Crime Scene Witness (uncredited)
Mick Slaney	...	Forensic Onlooker (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Hopkins

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dudi Appleton		screenplay
Mark Billingham		novel
Jim Keeble		screenplay

Produced by
Dudi Appleton	....	executive producer
Charlotte Ashby	....	line producer
Mark Billingham	....	executive producer
Greg Dummett	....	producer
Martha Fernandez	....	line producer: Canada
Kate Garwood	....	co-executive producer
Stephen Hopkins	....	executive producer
Patrick Irwin	....	executive producer
Jim Keeble	....	executive producer
Huw Kennair-Jones	....	executive producer
Paul Morrissey	....	executive producer
Daniel Proulx	....	executive producer
Lorraine Richard	....	executive producer
Jolyon Symonds	....	producer
Justin Thomson-Glover	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laurent Eyquem

Cinematography by
Joel Ransom

Film Editing by
John Smith

Casting by
Kate Rhodes James

Production Design by
James Foster

Art Direction by
Peter James
Mike Stallion

Set Decoration by
Niamh Coulter

Costume Design by
Jill Taylor

Makeup Department
Sarita Allison	....	makeup artist
Jean-Jacques Dion	....	key hair stylist
Tahira Herold	....	makeup designer
Paul Hyett	....	special makeup effects designer
Monica MacDonald	....	make up artist: daily
Nicola Springall	....	makeup artist: dailies
Pippa Woods	....	makeup artist: dailies

Production Management
Erik Daniel	....	post-production supervisor
Ben Holt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Finn McGrath	....	first assistant director
Sonic	....	third assistant director
Alex Streeter	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Cheesman	....	property master (as Dave Cheesman)
Billy Edwards	....	production buyer
Mark Geeson	....	dressing props
Scott Keery	....	props
Richard Magennis	....	props
Caroline Pool	....	art department assistant: graphics
George Simons	....	graphic designer
Zoe Smith	....	production buyer
Thomas Wingrove	....	art department assistant
Shell Coe	....	art department trainee (uncredited)

Sound Department
Stéphane Bergeron	....	sound re-recording mixer
Howard Bevan	....	sound assistant: dailies
Pierre Blain	....	sound recordist
Jo Caron	....	foley recordist (as Jocelyn Caron)
Naomi Dandridge	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Marie-Claude Gagné	....	sound designer
Marie-Claude Gagné	....	sound effects editor
Louis Gignac	....	sound re-recording mixer
Isabelle Lussier	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Dash Mason-Malik	....	sound assistant
Peter Murphy	....	sound maintenance engineer (as Pete Murphy)
Guy Pelletier	....	adr editor
François B. Senneville	....	sound editor
Lionel Strutt	....	adr coordinator

Special Effects by
Will Bazeley	....	special effects technician
Chris Fitzgerald	....	special makeup effects
Chris Reynolds	....	special effects supervisor
Jody Taylor	....	senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Michael Beaulac	....	compositor
Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator
Benoit Brière	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick Dion	....	compositor
Aélis Héraud	....	visual effects compositor
Bruno-Olivier Laflamme	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Lafleur	....	digital effects artist
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Steve Fitzpatrick	....	stunt rigger
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Anthony	....	best boy
Adam Coles	....	focus puller: a camera
Dick Conway	....	electrician
Anthony Cupples	....	electrician
Liam Daniel	....	still photographer
Alex Golding	....	digital imaging technician
Robert Guertin	....	camera operator
Stuart King	....	gaffer
Dean Murray	....	second assistant camera
Gary Parnham	....	electrician
Boris Roy	....	focus puller: 'b' camera
Eliot Stone	....	camera trainee
Luke Stone	....	b camera grip
Luke Stone	....	grip
Robin Stone	....	key grip
Jonathan Tubb	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Jane Anderson	....	casting associate
John Buchan	....	casting: Canada
Chuck Douglas	....	extras casting
Jason Knight	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlotte Sewell	....	costume supervisor
Victoria Taylor	....	wardrobe assistant
David Wootton	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Joëlle Desjardins Paquette	....	post-production coordinator (as Joelle Desjardins Paquette)
Marie-Pier Favreau	....	post-production coordinator
David Fisher	....	first assistant editor
François Massé	....	on-line editor
Michael Thibodeau	....	final colorist

Music Department
George Acogny	....	composer: source music

Transportation Department
Dave Williams	....	facility/truck driver

Other crew
Kim Armitage	....	script supervisor
Joanne Bendon	....	post-production accountant
David Blank	....	assistant accountant
Jami Chan	....	production coordinator
Sophie Dear	....	production runner
Lawrence Dunant	....	floor runner: dailies
Thomas Elgood	....	location manager (as Tom Elgood)
Mark Gladwin	....	location scout
Alex Grasham	....	floor runner
Annie Hitchcock	....	floor runner
Leila Merabti	....	assistant production coordinator
Dave Morley	....	medic on set
Mary Jo O'Donoghue	....	production accountant
Chris Sheriff	....	assistant location manager
Sam Smith	....	additional floor runner
Julian Stevens	....	script editor
Ana Stichini	....	assistant accountant
Paul Tomlinson	....	location assistant
Nadia Merabti	....	work experience trainee (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Stagereel (co-production)
• Cité-Amérique (co-production)
• Auburn Entertainment (in association with)
• Ingenious Broadcasting (as Ingenious) (in association with)
• 87 Films (in association with)
• Artists Studio (in association with)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (produced with the assistance of)

Distributors

• ContentFilm International (2010) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Just Bridge Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sky One (2010) (UK) (TV)
• WoWow (2011) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Oblique FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Eastwood (Sound and Vision)  Sony HDCAM SR supplied By
• Mediacom 24-7  accommodation
• Pepper Sound  ADR recording facility
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Take 2 Film Services  camera equipment provided by

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Runtime:

UK:180 min (3 parts) | Norway:120 min (DVD) | Poland:120 min (TV version)

Country:

UK | Australia | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Company:

Stagereel

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Wright Stuff: Episode #14.45" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Outta Time

Contrived and obvious, almost a parody of the genre

Here we have a three-ring circus PLUS the kitchen sink. This show is so chock-a-block with clichés, red herrings, obvious plot contrivances, and all the current motifs of crime TV that it's hard to imagine what they left out. (We have the renegade cop always in trouble but with infallible instincts, the cold female boss, the seemingly genius serial killer that no one can catch no matter how many clues are strewn about in plain sight, the 'orrible, 'orrible crime, the cop himself and/or loved ones drawn into danger, dubious psychology made up on the fly, etc., ad nauseum.) The show is all so blatantly contrived that it seems to veer into self-parody on numerous occasions, totally undercutting whatever dread or deep engagement we're supposed to be experiencing. Sadly, with so much fine British TV to chose from, never seen on these shores, this is a show that Encore chose to bring over to the US. No thanks.